Complete quotation from 'Arctic Dreams'
I found a cryptic epigram about 'light' to sit under the title, but it was truncated by a 500 character limit, so here it is in full:
How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in life, when one finds darkness not only in one's culture but within oneself? If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox. One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse. There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light.
Barry Lopez, Arctic Dreams
posted by red_zebra @ 10:54 pm
2 Comments:
Thanks for your encouragement. I was about to put a batch of orange skins in - so now i won't following your comments.
Where abouts r u in Oz - i am in th emiddle of little old England!
I am guessing what your blog might be about.
Are you starting a pro smoking lobby?
>I am guessing what your blog might be about.
>Are you starting a pro smoking lobby?
LOL. No, I'm away from all that!
I needed a Blogger registration to respond to your post about worm farming and 'Got a light?' was a kind of placeholder...
It's the kind of thing you might say to detain a passing stranger long enough to initiate conversation with them without appearing to ask them for anything unreasonable.
In my family / culture it is often said as a joke when passing someone who is struggling with a large and heavy load.
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